Sunday 3 March 2013

Exercise:- Evidence of action.

"Produce one photograph in which it can be seen that something has happened.  As a suggestion, include in the photograph something that has been either broken or emptied".

I have used a photograph of my wife's Auntie Win for this exercise.  On the day the picture was taken she was leaving her house to go into a care home.  For her own good!!  I wonder.  The picture I believe shows how she feels about it.  The exercise title "Evidence of action" requires the image to show that something has happened.  This photograph is about something that is going to happen, but I feel it conveys the impression of something that has already taken place, the consequence of which is the loss of her independence.  Aunt Win hadn't been looking after herself very well, she was in her 91st year after all.  After a couple of months in the care home she is much better health-wise but sadly she is very unhappy and longs to be back in her own home.  It begs the question is it better to live longer being unhappy or to have a shorter life but be happy?


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